Gear shift lever ash receiver



y 1939- A. J. K. WALLACE GEAR SHIFT LEVER ASH RECEIVER Filed May 21,1937 fllfred :ZK.WaZZac&

ATTORN 5Y5 Patented May 30, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to ash receivers, and its general object is toprovide an ash receiver for smokers that is primarily designed to beapplied to the gear shift lever of a motor vehicle or associatedtherewith through the knob thereof, now

in general use, and is not only capable of receiving ashes, but also forextinguishing burning cigarettes, tobacco and the like, therebyovercom-,

ing damage by fire.

A further object is to provide an ash receiver that can be in the formof a knob, to be applied to the lever in the same manner as knobs now ingeneral use and has the same appearance and function but includes areceptacle mounted for movement for disposal to open or closedpositions, and which is detachable to facilitate removal of itscontents.

Another object is to provide a combined lever knob and ash receiver,that is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and extremelyefiicient in use, operation and service.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing andspecifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure l is a top plan View of the device which forms the subject matterof the present invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken approximate- 1y on line 22 of Figure1.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional View taken at right angles to Figure 2.

Referring to the drawing in detail, it will be noted that the gear shiftlever is indicated by the letter A and that my device in the form asshown, includes an outer shell of substantially spherical formation,that is made up of a body section I and a cap section 2, the latterbeing substantially in the form of a ring and is tapered toward its openouter end as shown, while its inner enlarged end is reduced to providean annular flange 3 and a shoulder 4 providing a seat for the upper endof the body section. which is exteriorly threaded to threadedly receivethe flange, for

detachably securing the cap section to the body section, as will beapparent.

The body section is shown as being of semispherical formation and formedthereon or otherwise secured thereto is a threaded ferrule 5 extendingfrom the center thereof, for the purpose of securing the device to thegear shift lever A, as shown.

Mounted for movement in the outer shell and for fitting association withthe body section I, is the inner shell 6 of my device, which is likewise5 of spherical formation and the inner shell is shown as being made oftwo half or semi-spherical sections having interfitting channel tongues1 for securing the half sections together, and the tongues provide a ribextending outwardly from 10 and about the circumference of the innershell as best shown in Figure 3. The body section has a channel groove 8therein for slidably receiving the rib provided by the channel tongues,therefore it will be obvious that the inner shell is 15 guided in itsmovement within the outer shell and is held therein by the cap section2.

The inner shell provides a receptacle as will be apparent, and has anopening 9 therein which is relatively small but of course is ofsufiicient size 20 to readily receive ashes, as well as burningcigarettes, .tobacco and the like for disposal within the receptacle,which as shown in Figures 2 and 3 is disposed with the opening arrangeduppermost and concentrically with respect to the open up- 25 per end ofthe cap section, but due to the fact that the inner shell or receptacleis movable, it will be obvious that the opening 9 can be arranged to beclosed by the cap section.

From the above description and disclosure of 30 the drawing, it will beobvious that I have provided an ash receiver, within which ashes and thelike can be easily deposited when the inner shell or receptacle isdisposed in open position, and when it is disposed to closed position itwill 35 be apparent that air is excluded from the inner shell, therebyextinguishing burning cigarettes, tobacco and the like in minimum time,which not only overcomes the danger of fire but also prevents the outershell from becoming hot and un- 40 comfortable when shifting gears.

While I have illlustrated an ash receiver as being in the form of a knobto be applied to a gear shift lever, I want it understood that it can bein any form suitable for the purpose and applied to knobs now in generaluse by suitable securing means, or applied, supported or secured to anymeans or object, as it is not necessarily confined to a gear shift leverof a motor vehicle, and 50 can be used anywhere desired it of coursebeing understood that the ferrule 6 can be in the form of a fiat base orother means for supporting and securing the receiver in position foruse.

It is thought from the foregoing description that 55 the advantages andnovel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes maybe made in the construction andin the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided thatsuch changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is:

An ash receiver comprising an outer spherical shell having an open upperend, an inner spherical shell providing a receptacle and having arelatively small access and discharge opening therein, said inner shellbeing made up of two semispherical sections having interfitting channeltongues about the meeting edges thereof to provide a circumferentiallydisposed rib extending outwardly therefrom, Said inner shell fittingwithin the outer shell and mounted for movement about the center thereoffor disposing the opening into and out of registration with the openupper end whereby to open and close the receptacle, said outer shellincluding a body section and a cap section threadedly secured to thebody section to allow removal of the inner shell from the outer shell,said body section having a channel groove therein extending to its upperedges and the rib being slidably mounted in the groove for guiding themovement of the inner shell in a fixed path, and mounting means for thereceiver and secured to and depending from the outer shell.

ALFRED J. K. WALLACE.

